Eastern men’s basketball has had its ups and downs this year. The team had a strong start with a string of wins. It also claimed its first two conference games of the season and lost its third game by three points to the current number one team, DeSales. But the team this year, if nothing […]
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Junior Bryant Burkhart, a Sociology and Theology major, spent the last semester among the trees and mountains of Oregon, away from the structure of traditional college life. There he studied one subject at a time and bonded closely with the 24 other students who went. “I first heard about (The Oregon Extension) freshman year and
Portman and Kutcher answer this question
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The tragedy in Tucson, Arizona on Jan. 8, 2011 has shocked America to its core. When the carnage wrought by Jared Lee Loughner finally ended, six people were dead, including a Federal Judge, and thirteen more were wounded. Most prominent among the survivors is United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who is believed to have been
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Wikileaks creator, Julian Assange, was detained at a London police station on Dec. 7, 2010 after willingly turning himself in. He was arrested on accusations of rape and alleged sexual misconduct. On the same day as his arrest, Assange went to court. Many notable journalists, film makers and artists offered to pay Assange’s bail. However,
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In the past few years of my life, I’ve had the overwhelming experience of witnessing a shift of values in my own generation, as well as the generation before mine. This shift has been characterized almost solely by the integration of social networking into the everyday lives of the people around me. Social networking was,
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Over forty years have gone by without any problems with parking at the West Campus lot, more commonly referred to as the Valley Forge lot. At least until now. Before winter break, the Radnor Township solicitor ordered Eastern to cease all parking on the recently purchased land. However, on Feb. 4, an email was sent
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In America, 34% of our population is obese. Maybe this is a statistic that the Eastern athletic department took into consideration when it sought the opportunity to finance a new weight room. Anyone who has walked through the weight room to enter the gym or to shortcut through campus has noticed these considerable changes.
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It affects the entire student body. It influences curriculum and university policy. It gives students access to federal grants and loans. It is Eastern’s Re-accreditation Review. In partnership with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Eastern undergoes a re-accreditation process every decade to assess student learning and university health. Dr. Christine Mahan, Associate Provost
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As Christians, we desire to walk in Jesus’ footsteps. December graduate Robyn Simmons has actually accomplished this. Simmons spent her last college semester, Fall 2010, at Jerusalem University College’s Fall Semester Study Abroad Program located on Zion Hill in Israel. There were about 50 students involved from all over the United States, Germany, Africa and
